AGARTALA, Feb 5: Performance of Left Front Government in implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act has emerged better in comparison with two other Left-ruled States West Bengal and Kerala, Rural Development Ministry

Kangra district has been given the

AMIT AGNIHOTRI

UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressed concern on the implementation of government's flagship Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) on its fourth anniversary and said loopholes in the law need to be addressed with a sharper focus.

Marking completion of four years of the UPA government

Ravish Tiwari, Manoj CG

New Delhi: While the Left parties often claim that the Congress returned to power benefiting from schemes like the NREGA which came about because of the Left parties

While the Left parties often claim that the Congress returned to power benefiting from schemes like the NREGA which came about because of its sustained pressure, figures show that CPM-led governments failed to push through the rural job guarantee programme in West Bengal and Kerala.

When Gadchiroli Collector Atul Patne and his predecessor Niranjankumar Sudhanshu accept a special medal from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tomorrow in New Delhi for their NREGA performance, they will rebut a widely held belief that good government work can't be done in Naxal-affected areas, a belief that's often used as an alibi for inaction.

Shimla: Himachal Pradesh

Patna: The Centre has released only 20 per cent of the fund meant for taking up schemes under NREGA in Bihar till January 25 this year and the State has requested for Rs.1760.75 crore under the head, its Minister for rural development Shri Bhagawan Singh said on Thursday.

AMIT AGNIHOTRI

Despite rural development minister C.P. Joshi writing to all the MPs, the number of district-level vigilance and monitoring committee meetings held for Mahatma Gandhi NREGA is very low.